Ultra Music Festival

Every March, Ultra Music Festival, one of the leading EDM festivals in the U.S., brings artists from an array of dance genres — from house to trance and techno — and an audience from all over the world to Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. Keep reading for the New Times' behind-the-scenes photos, reviews of Ultra acts and coverage of the festival's fashion, people and trends.

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Festivals draw droves of music lovers to parks and fairgrounds across the nation for a variety of reasons: the hours of live music, the feeling of community, the outdoor ambiance. And, yeah, some revelers show up to get high with the beats.

The weather was beautiful, the music was awesome, and the bullshit level was rather high at this past weekend's Ultra. Following a great New Times tradition, we rate what worked and what didn't. Winner: The Resistance Arcadia Spider Stage. This stage has been bringing the heat – literally and...

Ultra closed out its 20th anniversary with thousands of revelers partying to the sounds of surprise guests Swedish House Mafia and Above & Beyond. Other heavy hitters from the day include Rabbit in the Moon, Paul Oakenfold, J.e.S.U.S., GTA, David Guetta, and more.

The final day of Ultra included shows by original headliners Rabbit in the Moon and a live show — that's right, a live show — by the Wailers, strange as it may seem. On the Arcadia Resistance Stage Sunday night, Jackmaster, Eats Everything, Skream, and Seth Troxler did amazing work as...

And on the second day, the dance music gods sent down a constellation of pop stars. Yes, Ultra Music Festival kept pumping out the beats on Saturday, March 24. While there were no major surprises on Day Two (Daft Punk isn't coming, people), festivalgoers still got a few guest appearances,...

Ultra Music Festival's 20th edition hasn't even wrapped up, and the festival has already quietly announced the dates for its 2019 event. The dance music festival will be returning March 29, 30, and 31, 2019, at Bayfront Park — that's according to the festival guides handed out to attendees Friday...